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Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat Dallas Center-Grimes 66-45 in a Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament quarterfinal game Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Top-ranked North Linn beat No. 2 Newell-Fonda 67-51 in the Class 1A Iowa high school girls’ state basketball championship game Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Top-ranked Clear Creek Amana beat No. 2 Waverly-Shell Rock 43-25 to win the Class 4A Iowa high school girls’ state basketball championship Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Solon beat top-ranked Estherville-Lincoln Central 54-47 in the Class 3A Iowa high school girls’ state basketball championship game Friday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Clear Creek Amana beat North Polk, 50-48, in a Class 4A Iowa high school girls’ state basketball semifinal game Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Solon beat Des Moines Christian, 49-25, in a Class 3A Iowa high school girls’ state basketball semifinal game Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Estherville Lincoln Central beat Mount Vernon, 45-37, in a Class 3A Iowa high school girls’ state basketball semifinal game Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Bettendorf beat No. 7 Iowa City West 55-52 in overtime in a Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ basketball substate final Tuesday night at Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids to advance to the state tournament.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy remained undefeated with a 57-55 win over North Scott in a Class 4A Iowa high school boys’ basketball substate final Tuesday at Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids. The Cougars advanced to the state tournament with the win.

Top-ranked Dike-New Hartford beat No. 11 Cascade, 58-28, in a Class 2A Iowa high school girls’ state basketball quarterfinal game Tuesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Mount Vernon beat Harlan, 67-25, in a Class 3A Iowa high school girls’ state basketball quarterfinal game Monday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Des Moines Christian beat Benton Community, 49-46, in a Class 3A Iowa high school girls’ state basketball quarterfinal game Monday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Ninth-ranked Davenport Assumption advanced to the Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ basketball state tournament with a 63-32 win over No. 6 Marion in a substate final Monday at Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids.

Williamsburg advanced to the Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ state basketball tournament with a 51-40 win over Keokuk in a substate final Monday at Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids.

Gazette Visuals Editor Jim Slosiarek shares a story about photographing the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines, and the “happy accident” that resulted.